Village Voice
A vaguely absurd epidemiological thriller filled with elaborately superfluous setups and shamelessly stale James Bond riffs.
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Mission: Impossible II
John Woo (Face/Off) directs Tom Cruise's second outing as Ethan Hunt, this time in Sydney to find and destroy a genetically modified disease.
With computer genius Luther Stickell (Ving Rhames) at his side and a beautiful thief on his mind, agent Ethan Hunt races across Australia and Spain to stop a former IMF agent from unleashing a genetically engineered biological weapon called Chimera. This mission plunges him into the centre of an international crisis of terrifying magnitude.
2000Rating: M, Medium level violence123 minsUSA, Germany
ActionAdventureThrillerBlockbuster
- Director:
- John Woo ('Face/Off', 'Red Cliff', 'Hard Boiled')
- Writer:
- Robert Towne
- Cast:
- Tom CruiseDougray ScottThandiwe NewtonVing RhamesRichard RoxburghJohn PolsonBrendan GleesonRade SerbedzijaAnthony Hopkins
Mission: Impossible II / Reviews
Variety
Woo lays on his own particular high-octane stylishness so thick the results edge perilously toward self-parody.
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Woo's hysterically hyper visuals and boytoy gimmickry can't camouflage the emptiness of the enterprise.
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The New York Times
If Mr. Cruise peeled off his face and turned out to have been Chow Yun Fat all along, the picture might be saved.
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Roger Ebert
If the first movie was entertaining as sound, fury and movement, this one is more evolved, more confident, more sure-footed in the way it marries minimal character development to seamless action.
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Los Angeles Times
Once Woo unleashes his bad self and ignites the proceedings here, once the glass shatters, the flames erupt, the gunshots ricochet and the doves fly, all is well with M:I-2.
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